Measure for fabrics.



No. 840,047. PATBNTED JAN. 1, 1907. G. W. DA-VIS. MEASURE FOR FABRICS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEZG, 1905.

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I vGEORGE W. DAVIS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. l

MEASURE FOR FABRICS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 26, 1905. Serial No. 267,059;

. No. 840,047.. Patented Jan. 1, 1 907.

The manner in'which my device isvused is as follows: The ribbon 'or other fabric is wound on the drum W, together with the strip 0f measuring-paper, the ends of the ribbon and paper being even. yards placed upon the drum willbe indicated on the measuring-strip. When retailing the fabric, the clerk always starts with the 0y on the cross-line at the end of the ribbon, which in Fig. l is O-A, the letter A indicating that only those numerals having A as an index need be observed by the clerk, serving as an index. The next O-AH occurs on lthe strip eight lines from the first O-A, or one yard from the end of the ribbon. Should only three-eighths of a yard be wanted, the clerk will cut the ribbon and measuring-strip at S-A, an equivalent of three-eights of a yard. The ribbon and measuring-strip having been cut at S-A, the clerk disregards the S-A when the next sale is made and uses O-D for his guide, cutting on the line having the desired number of eighths opposite the index-letter D. If a plurality of yards are desired, he skips as many O-Ds7 as necessary to give him the number of yards and cuts at the proper fraction opposite his index-letter, the idea of the index-letters being to avoid the necessity of figuring where to cut off a fraction of a yard if the end of the measuring-strip registers a fraction. When three-eighths of a yard has been cut off, if only one series of fractions were used it would be necessary to gure where the ribbon must be cut next if sixeighths of a yard is desired. This invention avoids the necessity of such figuring by having at the same division. with the threeeighths another series which begins with zero, and to cut olf six-eighths of a yard it is only necessary to observe the zero index-letter and cut the ribbon at the next mark where 6 is found with the proper index-letter alongside of it.

It will be observed vides a system which reduces to a minimum the liability of mistakes in measuring and provides a measure which can be utilized at the wrappingcounter to ascertain whether or not the correct number of yards has been charged without the necessity of remeasuring the ribbon. ln addition to the above advantages it can be readily determined without measuring how much of the ribbon is left in the bolt, this being a great saving of time and labor when taking stock.

To @ZZ whovn t may concern:

Be it'known that l, GEORGE W. DAvrs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Measures for Fabrics, of which'the following is a specification.

My invention relates to measures for fabrics.

The object of my invention is to provide a measure for rolled or folded fabrics by which the width and total number of yards in the bolt may be determined at a glance.

A further object of my invention is to profor bolted fabrics adapted for use when retailing the same.

A further object of my invention is to'proconsulted at the wrapping-counter to determine the quantity of fabric for which a charge should be made.

In the drawings accompanying and formthis specification, Figure l is a view of my invention illustrated in connection with a bolt of ribbon. Fig. 2 is a modification thereof.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, V represents the paper used when rolling ribbons and like fabrics upon drums W. Across this strip of paper are lines X X2, &c., representing equal parts of a predetermined unit of measure. ln the illustrated embodiment of my invention the distance between lines X X2, &c., represents one-eighth of a yard. Suitable divisions of the several cross-lines will enable the width of the ribbon to be quickly determined. At the outer end X of the strip, which is one-eighth of a yard from the cross-line X, is printed O-A and the total number of yards in the bolt, fractions of a yard being expressed in eighths, quarters, and halves. At the first cross-line X is printed l-A, O-B and the total number of yards less one-eighth. At the second crossline X2 is printed 2-A, l-B, O-C and the total number of yards less two-eighths, and so on until cross-line X8 is reached, opposite which is printed O-A, 7-B, -C, -D, L-E, S-F, 2-G, l-H and the total number of yards less eight-eighths, or one yard. Each succeeding yard is similarly marked. Attention, however, is called to the fact that each cross-line coming after X7 will of necessity have eight numerals and a like number of index-letters.

The number of' that this invention pro.

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Fig. 2 oi the drawings illustrate a modiication of my invention, in which the numerals are placed in series along longitudinal lines, said lines indicating the numerals-to be considered in place of the letters used in Fig. l.

While I have illustrated my invention in connection with a bolt of ribbon,:it is evident that the same is applicable to other iiexible materials, and in addition tothe forms of indi'cesillustrated any other'form contemplatingimeasuringby a successionof charactersI in series is within the scope o'ffmyinven'tion.

yHaving described my invention, what 'I claimA as new, and desire to secure'by Letters Patent, is-

vmeasuring-strip divided finto units of measure and'into'actional divisions of said,

`1n rows parallel being provided with numbers to alongitudinal edge of the strip, one number of each row being adjacent eachdivision-'mark and the numbers ofthe same row being arranged successively in regularserieszrom Zero to a common maximum, the zeros of each row being different distances from the end of the strip from those units, the strip `of the other rows, and the numbers of each frow having a common index character diler- 1ing`rom those` ofthe other rows.

In testimony whereof y'I afxmy signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE DVIS. wWitnesses:

V. PRENTIss BROWN, ALLAN 'H. FISHER. 

